Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18

Gregorić, Pavel

doi:10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

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Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18

Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, 39 (2006), 4; 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

Gregorić, Pavel

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APA 6th Edition

Gregorić, P. (2006). Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18. Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, 39. (4), 341-357. doi: 10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

MLA 8th Edition

Gregorić, Pavel. "Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18." Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, vol. 39, no. 4, 2006, pp. 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

Chicago 17th Edition

Gregorić, Pavel. "Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18." Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science 39, no. 4 (2006): 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

Harvard

Gregorić, P. (2006) 'Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18', Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, 39(4), pp. 341-357. doi: 10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

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Gregorić P. Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18. Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2024 November 17];39(4):341-357. doi: 10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

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P. Gregorić, "Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18", Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 341-357, 2006. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:261:979841. [Accessed: 17 November 2024]

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Title (english)	Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18
Author	Pavel Gregorić
Author's institution	Institute of Philosophy
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philosophy
Abstract (english)	In this paper I discuss Aristotle's three counterexamples to his thesis that quantities have not contraries in Categories 6. The focus is on the third counterexample, set out in 6a11-18, where it is suggested that place has contraries. The view of some people that there are two contrary regions of the universe, one called "up" and the other called "down", is adduced and briefly discussed. I attempt to determine who these people are, what exactly their view is, and what is Aristotle's attitude towards that view in the Categories. I argue that Aristotle is adducing the same popular view that Plato criticised in the Timaeus (62c8-d6), and that he invites the reader to reject the third counterexample to this thesis that quantities have no contraries in the same way, and at the same high cost, as he refuted the first two counterexamples.
Keywords (english)
Language	english
Publication type	Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication status	Published
Peer review	Unknown
Publication version	Published version
Journal title	Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
Numbering	vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 341-357
p-ISSN	0003-6390
e-ISSN	2156-7093
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:261:979841
Publication	2006
Type of resource	Text
Access conditions	Open access
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